Upcoming Events

We have put together a listing of opera related events in the Northern Virginia area. Some events are sponsored by the Guild and others are listed because they are of interest to the members.




February 2012

Virginia Opera Presents - Orphée
February 10 and February 12, 2012
George Mason University Center for the Arts
Intersection of Braddock Rd. and Route 123
Fairfax, VA
http://www.vaopera.org/


That’s Amore Valentine’s Day Concert
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Doors Open at 6:00 for Refreshments & “Shopping.”
Concert begins at 7:00 PM Sharp
4301 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22203

Sponsor: Opera Guild of Northern Virginia
Performances by:
Jose Sacin, baritone/Director
Manuel Gallegos, Tenor
Alvaro Rodriguez, Tenor
Eduardo Castro, bass-baritone
Melissa Mino, soprano
Kelsey Pehrsson, soprano
Lindsey Rapp, soprano
Ashley Allen, mezzo-soprano
Pianist, Michael Parker

Suggested Donations with Reservation
Members and their Guests- $10/seat
Non-Members-$20/seat

Suggested Donation at Box Office
All - $28 Donation/seat

Valentine's Day Concert Flyer

Washington National Opera Presents - Così Fan Tutte
February 25 - March 15, 2012
Kennedy Center's Opera House
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.dc-opera.org/

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Production: Seattle Opera
In Italian with English supertitles

Futral, Pokupic, Prieto, Tahu Rhodes, Shimell, Kemoklidze
Conductor Auguin, Director & Design Miller


March 2012

Washington National Opera Presents - Plácido Domingo Celebrity Series: Angela Gheorghiu
March 3, 2012
Kennedy Center's Opera House
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.dc-opera.org/

"Talented, glamorous, and every bit the diva, Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu is a star" (Billboard). Making her WNO debut, Washington audiences will have the chance to experience Ms. Gheorghiu’s magnificent voice and dazzling stage presence.

Washington National Opera Presents - An Evening with Deborah Voigt
March 17, 2012
Kennedy Center's Opera House
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.dc-opera.org/

Get ready for a rare glimpse at another side of Deborah Voigt: it’s Broadway, baby! For this entertaining concert of show tunes from the American songbook, she will create an evening of pure magic.

Virginia Opera Presents - The Mikado
March 23 and March 25, 2012
George Mason University Center for the Arts
Intersection of Braddock Rd. and Route 123
Fairfax, VA
http://www.vaopera.org/



April 2012

Washington National Opera Presents - Nabucco
April 28 - May 21, 2012
Kennedy Center's Opera House
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.dc-opera.org/

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Company Premiere and New Production
In Italian with English supertitles

Vassallo, Boross, Panikkar, Chauvet

Conductor Auguin, Director & Set Design Strassberger


May 2012

Washington National Opera Presents - Werther
May 12-27, 2012
Kennedy Center's Opera House
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.dc-opera.org/

Composer: Jules Massenet
Production: To be announced
In French with English supertitles

Meli, Ganassi, Foster-Williams, Robbins
Conductor Villaume





Past Events

Sorry you missed it. Here are some of the activities the Opera Guild has done in the past.

June 2010

Washington National Opera: Hamlet
May 19 - June 4, 2010
Kennedy Center Opera House
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.dc-opera.org/
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet
Libretto by Michele Carré and Jules Barbier
Ambroise Thomas's musically and dramatically virtuosic adaptation of the classic story follows Hamlet in his pursuit to avenge his father's murder.
Performed in French with English supertitles.
The performance runs approximately 2 hours, 45 minutes, with one 20-minute intermission.

Wolf Trap Opera - Zaide
Fri., June 11 at 8 pm
Sun., June 13 at 3 pm
Tue., June 15 at 8 pm
Sat., June 19 at 7:30 pm
Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
1551 Trap Road
Vienna, Virginia 22182
Visit the Wolf Trap Opera website for more details or to purchase tickets.

Puccini's La Rondine June 20 3:00pm - McLean Community Center, McLean
June 22 7:30pm - St. Augustine's Church, DC
June 27 7:00pm - Providence Presbyterian Church, Fairfax
The innovativi Riverbend Opera Company presents Puccini's La Rondine in concert with projected English surtitles. Visit the innovativi Riverbend Opera Company website for more details.


July 2010

Wolf Trap Opera - Latin Days, American Nights
Sun., July 18 at 3 pm
Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
1551 Trap Road
Vienna, Virginia 22182
Visit the Wolf Trap Opera website for more details or to purchase tickets.

Wolf Trap Opera - The Turk in Italy
Fri., July 9 at 8 pm
Sun., July 11 at 3 pm
Tue., July 13 at 8 pm
Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
1551 Trap Road
Vienna, Virginia 22182
Visit the Wolf Trap Opera website for more details or to purchase tickets.

Lazy Summer
Saturday, July 24 at 6:00 p.m.
Western Presbyterian Church
2401 Virginia Avenue Northwest
Washington, DC 20037-2637

Kathy Hankins presents a program of songs and jazz.


August 2010

Wolf Trap Opera - Invitation to the Dance
Sun., August 1 at 3 pm
Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
1551 Trap Road
Vienna, Virginia 22182
Visit the Wolf Trap Opera website for more details or to purchase tickets.

Wolf Trap Opera - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Fri., August 13 at 8 pm
Sun., August 15 at 3 pm
Tue., August 17 at 8 pm
Filene Center at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
1551 Trap Road
Vienna, Virginia 22182
Visit the Wolf Trap Opera website for more details or to purchase tickets.


September 2010

Washington National Opera: Un Ballo in Maschera
Sep 11 - 25, 2010
Kennedy Center Opera House
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.dc-opera.org/
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Approx. 3 hours Performed in Italian with English supertitles.

“Giving Art from the Heart” Festival
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Doors open - 2:00pm
Concert begins - 2:30 pm
4301 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22203
(NRECA Building) - Free Indoor Parking!
Admission/Donation


Proceeds Benefit Haitian School Children & Local Arts Education Programs.
Sponsored by the Opera Guild of Northern Virginia - operaguildnova@yahoo.com

Featuring Local and International Opera Singers:
Heather Bingham, Soprano
Jesus Hernandez, Tenor
Jose Sacin, Baritone
Kim Shahbazian, Mezzo Soprano
Singing works by: Verdi, Mozart, Floyd, Puccini, Gounod, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Brodzsky, Herbert, Gershwin, and others

Art Show and Sale Featuring local artists:
Julie Jernigan - www.julesjewelsjewelry.com
Rusty Lynn - www.rustylynnsart.com
Ronald Lewis

Performances by: Alma Boliviana, founded in 1991 has as its main goal to cultivate and expose the diverse and rich folkloric Bolivian dances.

The Mandolin Orchestra conducted by David A. Ruppert, plays favorites such as Scott Joplin’s “Peacherine Rag”


October 2010

Washington National Opera: Salome
Oct 7 - 23, 2010
Kennedy Center Opera House
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.dc-opera.org/
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Approx. 100 minutes Performed in German with English supertitles.

SHOP FOR A CAUSE at Macy's
Saturday October 16th
The Guild has 75 tickets it is eager to sell to 75 Guild Supporters who will shop or give the passes to a friend who will shop on Saturday October 16th. Each ticket/pass is $5. Shoppers with a pass are eligible for up to 25% off every purchase on the 16th. In addition, each purchase entitles the shopper with a pass to a chance to win $500. Winner will be notified at cob Oct 16th.

Make check for $5 payable to OGNV and send to Guild’s office at 4620 Lee Highway, Suite 212, Arlington, VA 22207.

Questions: Colleen @ cdavey17@gmail.com or mcdm1@verizon.net or 703-536-7557

Lorton Workhouse Arts Center
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Guild Members $26 a seat; non-members $30

THE WORKHOUSE ARTS CENTER, a program of the Lorton Arts Foundation, is the talk of the arts community. Set on 55 acres of land in the former D.C. Workhouse and Reformatory, the new Workhouse provides a home for more than 100 of the region’s finest professional and emerging artists, classes and arts education programs for people of all ages and artistic abilities, cooperative studios, performance and theatre venues, dedicated gallery and exhibition space.

A big commercial bus has been reserved—Guild Members $26 a seat; non-members $30. Meet Bus at 9:30 AM at the Madison Community Center Parking Lot in North Arlington at 3829 N. Stafford St. Arlington, VA 22207. After a tour of the new center, time to shop and maybe lunch right there, we get back on the bus and go 8 miles to the charming little town of Occoquan, VA for strolling, shopping, and an ice cream at Chris’s Ice Cream and Fudge Shop. Reserve your seat on the bus asap — mcdm1@verizon.net or 703-536-7557.

P.S. We are working on a group luncheon with Guild entertainment.


November 2010

Opera Lafayette presents: La Muse de l'Opéra (Recital with Orchestra)
November 15, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Kennedy Center
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.kennedy-center.org/


December 2010

Vocal Arts Society: Stephen Costello, tenor & Elizabeth Futral, soprano
December 7, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Kennedy Center
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.kennedy-center.org/


February 2011

Opera Lafayette presents: Le Magnifique
February 5, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Kennedy Center
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Washington Performing Arts Society: Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
February 15, 2011 at 8:00 PM
Kennedy Center
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Washington National Opera: Madama Butterfly
February 26 - Mar 10, 2011
Kennedy Center
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Washington National Opera: Plácido Domingo Celebrity Series: Juan Diego Flórez
February 27, 2011 at 2:00 PM
Kennedy Center
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.kennedy-center.org/


March 2011

Washington National Opera: Plácido Domingo Celebrity Series: Bryn Terfel
March 12, 2011 at 7:00 PM
Kennedy Center
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Opera Guild Lecture - Puccinni, Madame Butterfly, and The Girl from the Golden West
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Arlington Central Library
1015 N Quincy Street
Arlington, VA 22201


The Board of the Opera Guild is pleased to invite you to its first lecture in 2011. Board Member Mark Heffington, who also chairs the Guild’s Lecture Program, will introduce Dr. Michele Giacolone, (speaker) from the Italian Cultural Institute in Wash. DC

Dr. Michele Giacolone, Public Relations Officer, Italian Cultural Institute, brings with him the image of Italy as a center of cultural diffusion from classical time to the present. Dr. Giacolone brings also a life time of interest in opera---not surprising of an Italian whose country gave opera to the world. He has also worked in the past with stage directors like Bolognini, Zeffirelli, Pizzi.

Met Opera's Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor
March 19, 2011 at 1:00 pm ET
Regal Ballston Common 12
671 N. Glebe Road
Arlington, VA 22203
(703) 527-9730
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 6:30 p.m. local time

Metropolitan Opera
Expected Running time: 4 hours

Vocal Arts Society: Christine Brewer, soprano
March 23, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Kennedy Center
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Opera Guild Happy Hour
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
5:00-8:00pm
Front Page in Ballston
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22203

How about helping the Opera Guild Nova establish a new children’s chorus, one with children whose families come from El Salvador? Twenty children are excited and happy ONLY children whose families came from El Salvador are going to be in this Chorus. They have NEVER been asked to sing BECAUSE their families came from El Salvador. They will sing favorite folksongs known by their grandparents. Cheer this special happening. As they begin to learn more about their “home country” and its music, they will share with our community the cultural arts that their families brought in their hearts to this country. Please contact Miriam Miller for more information or would like to get involved at: 703-536-7557/mcdm1@verizon.net


April 2011

Virginia Opera Presents - Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly
April 1, 2011, 8:00 pm
April 3, 2011, 2:00 pm
George Mason University Center for the Arts
Intersection of Braddock Rd. and Route 123
Fairfax, VA
http://www.vaopera.org/

Opera Lafayette presents: Acis and Galatea
April 5, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Kennedy Center
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Met Opera Presents Rossini’s Le Comte Ory - New Production
April 9, 2011 at 1:00 pm ET
Regal Ballston Common 12
671 N. Glebe Road
Arlington, VA 22203
(703) 527-9730
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 6:30 p.m. local time

Metropolitan Opera
Expected Running time: 3 hours

Young Concert Artists Series: Jennifer Johnson, mezzo-soprano
April 11, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Kennedy Center
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Opera Guild Reading Rally
Saturday, April 23, 2011
opens at 11 AM and starts at noon
$15/person
NRECA Building
4301 Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA 22203

On April 23, 2011, the Opera Guild of Northern Virginia will host the Reading Rally. This is an ambitious, exciting undertaking. To make it a big success we need you to be there. Lunch starts at noon and is $15 per seat. NRECA is supplying the venue, which is on the corner of Wilson & Taylor in Arlington. With your involvement in the Reading Rally each one of us can signal our support toward improving our community’s interest in fostering the pleasure and long term habit of reading. Let’s make being a member of a book club an “IN THING”. Let’s make being a Reader stylish!!

Reserve a seat at lunch on Saturday, April 23. $15 per seat. Reserve a table of 10, treat a librarian, treat a few high school students in Advance Placement History, Literature, who might be considering becoming a librarian or a writer. Listen to Natalie Wexler and David O. Stewart, our authors de jour, who will discuss their books and share their own journeys in writing and eventually becoming published.

Met Opera Presents Strauss’s Capriccio
April 23, 2011 at 1:00 pm ET
Regal Ballston Common 12
671 N. Glebe Road
Arlington, VA 22203
(703) 527-9730
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 6:30 p.m. local time

Metropolitan Opera
Expected Running time: 2 hours, 45 minutes

Met Opera Presents Verdi’s Il Trovatore
April 30, 2011 at 1:00 pm ET
Regal Ballston Common 12
671 N. Glebe Road
Arlington, VA 22203
(703) 527-9730
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 6:30 p.m. local time

Metropolitan Opera
Expected Running time: 3 hours, 15 minutes


May 2011

Washington National Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride
May 6 - 28, 2011
Kennedy Center
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Washington National Opera: Don Pasquale
May 13 - 27, 2011
Kennedy Center
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.kennedy-center.org/

Met Opera Presents Wagner’s Die Walküre – New Production
May 14, 2011 at 12:00 pm ET
Regal Ballston Common 12
671 N. Glebe Road
Arlington, VA 22203
(703) 527-9730
U.S. Encore: Wednesday, June 1, 2011, 6:30 p.m. local time

Metropolitan Opera
Expected Running time: 5 hours, 30 minutes


June 2011

A “Mostly Latin” Celebration
June 3, 2011 at 7:00 PM
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)
4301 Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA 22203
Admission & Parking: Free. Donations greatly appreciated

Come celebrate with the Guild when Arlingtonian Jose Sacin, Peru’s greatest baritone, sings familiar arias. Together with the Alturas Duo, Jose Sacin will also perform popular Zarzuela arias, and songs of Manuel de Falla, beloved Chilean and Latin American folk songs. Hearing the Alturas Duo will be like sitting in the finest concert halls in Peru, Chile or Bolivia. Their string instruments are rarely heard in North America.

Meet the Children’s Salvadorian Chorus the same evening. They will perform songs from their families’ home country under the direction of Guild Member, Prudencia Chism. Formed in response to a request to Walter Tejada from Adas Israel Congregation for a planned tribute to honor the heroic actions of Col. Jose Arturos Castellanos, a diplomat from El Salvador during WWII. Michael Barrios and Tony Hawkins will accompany the new chorus. This short perform-ance was previously performed on May 1,2011.

innovativi Riverbend Opera presents Offenbach’s Les contes d'Hoffmann
June 10, 7:30 PM, Potomac, MD
June 14, 7:30 PM, Washington, DC
June 17, 7:30 PM, Falls Church, VA
June 19, 5:00 PM, Fairfax, VA
http://www.riverbendopera.com/

In Concert with Projected English surtitles

Wolf Trap Opera Presents - Mozart's Zaide – New Production
Friday, June 11 at 8 pm
Sunday, June 13 at 3 pm
Tuesday, June 15 at 8 pm
Saturday, June 19 at 7:30 pm
The Barns at Wolf Trap
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
1551 Trap Road
Vienna, Virginia 22182
http://www.wolftrapopera.org/

Sung in German with supertitles


July 2011

Concert version of Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess”
Thursday, July 7th, 2011 at 8 pm
Hylton Center
10960 George Mason Circle
Manassas, VA 20110
http://www.hyltoncenter.org/

Patrick Blackwell and Reyna Carguill perform the roles of lovers Porgy and Bess, while John Fulton sings Crown and Chauncey Packer portrays Sportin’ Life.

Wolf Trap Opera Presents - Rossini's The Turk in Italy
Friday, July 9 at 8 pm
Sunday, July 11 at 3 pm
Tuesday, July 13 at 8 pm
The Barns at Wolf Trap
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
1551 Trap Road
Vienna, Virginia 22182
http://www.wolftrapopera.org/

Il Turco in Italia – New Production
In Italian with English supertitles

Puccini's "Il tabarro" and "Gianni Schicchi"
Thursday, July 14th, 2011 at 8 pm
Hylton Center
10960 George Mason Circle
Manassas, VA 20110
http://www.hyltoncenter.org/

"Gianni Schicchi" will feature baritone Corey Crider in the title role, and Joyce El-Khoury as Gianni Schicchi's daughter, Lauretta. El-Khoury is currently a member of the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.

Wolf Trap Opera Presents - Latin Days, American Nights
Sunday, July 18 at 3 pm
The Barns at Wolf Trap
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
1551 Trap Road
Vienna, Virginia 22182
http://www.wolftrapopera.org/

Recital with Steven Blier at The Barns

American Music Concert honoring 150th Anniversary of the First Battle of Manassas
Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 8pm
Hylton Center
10960 George Mason Circle
Manassas, VA 20110
http://www.hyltoncenter.org/

Concert with feature mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves and music by Ferde Grofe, Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Foster. Joshua Weilerstein, winner of the 2009 Malko Competition for Young Conductors, will conduct Bernstein's "Symphonic Dances" from "West Side Story.


August 2011

Wolf Trap Opera Presents - Invitation to the Dance
Sunday, August 1 at 3 pm
The Barns at Wolf Trap
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
1551 Trap Road
Vienna, Virginia 22182
http://www.wolftrapopera.org/

Recital with Steven Blier at The Barns

Wolf Trap Opera Presents - Britten's A Midsummer Night’s Dream — New Production
Friday, August 13 at 8 pm
Sunday, August 15 at 3 pm
Tuesday, August 17 at 8 pm
The Barns at Wolf Trap
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
1551 Trap Road
Vienna, Virginia 22182
http://www.wolftrapopera.org/

In English with supertitles


September 2011

Washington National Opera Presents - Tosca
September 10-24, 2011
Kennedy Center's Opera House
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.dc-opera.org/

Composer: Giacomo Puccini
Production: The Dallas Opera
In Italian with English supertitles

Racette/Ushakova, Porretta/Hughes Jones, Held/Hendricks
Conductor Domingo/Gursky, Director Kneuss, Original Production Chazalettes


October 2011

Fall Fundraiser Concert
Sunday, October 2, 2011
3:00 PM
Walker Chapel Church
4102 North Glebe Road
Arlington, Virginia 22207

Featuring:
Lyric Coloratura Soprano, Jessica Stecklein and Opera Guild’s own Artistic Director and Baritone, Jose Sacin, performing excerpts from Verdi’s La Traviata and Rigoletto.

Donations are accepted; please give generously.
All proceeds will assist in bringing an opera to local school children with the Opera Guild’s spring opera production of “Monkey See, Monkey Do.”

Virginia Opera Presents - Aida
October 14 and October 16, 2011
George Mason University Center for the Arts
Intersection of Braddock Rd. and Route 123
Fairfax, VA
http://www.vaopera.org/

Monkey See Monkey Do - Children's Opera
October 23 at 3:00 pm
October 24 – 26 at 10:15 am
Kenmore Middle School
200 S. Carlin Springs Rd
Arlington, VA 22207
Tickets will be $4 for students


November 2011

Washington National Opera Presents - Lucia di Lammermoor
November 10-19, 2011
Kennedy Center's Opera House
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.dc-opera.org/

Composer: Gaetano Donizetti
Production: English National Opera

In Italian with English supertitles

Coburn/Petrova, Pirgu/Dolgov, Chioldi/Mulligan, Palazzi/Pecchioli
Conductor Auguin, Director Alden

Washington National Opera Presents - Family Look-In
November 19, 2011
Kennedy Center's Opera House
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.dc-opera.org/

See the magic of opera come to life! Join members of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program and the WNO Orchestra to learn about the orchestra, lighting, staging, and more from some of opera’s most famous characters. This one-hour production is the perfect introduction to opera for children ages 6-12 and their families.


December 2011

Virginia Opera Presents - Hansel and Gretel
December 2 and December 4, 2011
George Mason University Center for the Arts
Intersection of Braddock Rd. and Route 123
Fairfax, VA
http://www.vaopera.org/


Recital of Winterreise
Friday, December 30, 2011
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Walker Chapel Church
4102 North Glebe Road
Arlington, Virginia

Everyone is invited to are invited to attend a Recital of Winterreise hosted by the Opera Guild of Northern Virginia. (OGNV) Winterreise, the greatest of all Art Songs will be performed by Jose Sacin, Artistic Director of OGNV and acclaimed baritone with his colleague Michael Baitzer from the Washington National Opera.

Donations appreciated.

If you send in a donation of $10 or more to the Opera Guild before December 25, you will be sent a Guild Study Guide to enrich your attendance.
Send your donations to
Opera Guild of Northern Virginia
4620 Lee Highway
Arlington, VA 22207
Make check to OGNV.

For Questions: Contact Miriam at 703-536-7557 or mcdm1@verizon.net